I find the views of the sea, the sky and the coast particularly inspiring, as well as the natural forms of plants, whilst my architectural training means I also find inspiration in the built environment.
Quirky details appear to me – reflections and odd juxtapositions - I like to see the smaller as well as the bigger picture! I work in a variety of media, but currently I am mainly working in acrylics. I also enjoy working in pen & ink, coloured pencil and sometimes mixed media/collage.
I was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Aberdeen, where I studied architecture at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture. After a spell in Edinburgh we moved to North Berwick, which is a small coastal town on the Firth of Forth about twenty miles east of Edinburgh, nearly thirty years ago. I have always drawn and painted, fitting it around my employment and other interests, which are mainly gardening related. I was involved with the local in Bloom group for nearly twenty years, for the last seven as Chair, and received an RHS Britain in Bloom Community Champion Award in 2013. In 2019 I was awarded a Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Certificate of Merit in recognition of my "highly regarded and significant contribution to horticulture and gardening in Scotland". I love food, wine, cooking and reading - and I take a lot of photographs. I have been President of the North Berwick Art Group for several years, and I am also a member of the Society of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Scotland.
During the summer from April until September most afternoons I can be found in my colourful beach hut studio at North Berwick harbour, alongside a lovely community of other artists and makers.
If you'd like to contact me, please fill in the form on the 'Contact & Buy' page. Or visit my beach hut!
2023 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition 2023, London. "Buoy oh Buoy"
2023 - Commended Prizewinner, East Linton Annual Art Exhibition. "North Berwick Harbour, Boats Out"
2023 - Finalist, the Scottish Prize for Fine Art 2023, the Glasgow Art Club. "Sky Blue Paragon"
2023 - Winner of the Joy Fisher Award, North Berwick Art Group. "Harbour and West Bay"
2023 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Annual Exhibition, London. "Five in a Row"
2022 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. "The White Float"
2022 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition 2022, London. "Floaty McFloatface"
2022 - Selected for exhibition at TALP Open 2022. "Lobster Pots and West Bay"
2021 - Longlisted entry in the Jackson's Painting Prize. "Turquoise Lugger and White Fenders"
2020 - Finalist, BCA Awards. "Buoy Oh Buoy"
2020 - Commended Prizewinner, East Linton Annual Art Exhibition. "Ropes and Floats"
2015 - Winner of the Joy Fisher Award, North Berwick Art Group. "Paragon II"
Quirky details appear to me – reflections and odd juxtapositions - I like to see the smaller as well as the bigger picture! I work in a variety of media, but currently I am mainly working in acrylics. I also enjoy working in pen & ink, coloured pencil and sometimes mixed media/collage.
I was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Aberdeen, where I studied architecture at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture. After a spell in Edinburgh we moved to North Berwick, which is a small coastal town on the Firth of Forth about twenty miles east of Edinburgh, nearly thirty years ago. I have always drawn and painted, fitting it around my employment and other interests, which are mainly gardening related. I was involved with the local in Bloom group for nearly twenty years, for the last seven as Chair, and received an RHS Britain in Bloom Community Champion Award in 2013. In 2019 I was awarded a Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Certificate of Merit in recognition of my "highly regarded and significant contribution to horticulture and gardening in Scotland". I love food, wine, cooking and reading - and I take a lot of photographs. I have been President of the North Berwick Art Group for several years, and I am also a member of the Society of Scottish Artists and Visual Arts Scotland.
During the summer from April until September most afternoons I can be found in my colourful beach hut studio at North Berwick harbour, alongside a lovely community of other artists and makers.
If you'd like to contact me, please fill in the form on the 'Contact & Buy' page. Or visit my beach hut!
2023 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition 2023, London. "Buoy oh Buoy"
2023 - Commended Prizewinner, East Linton Annual Art Exhibition. "North Berwick Harbour, Boats Out"
2023 - Finalist, the Scottish Prize for Fine Art 2023, the Glasgow Art Club. "Sky Blue Paragon"
2023 - Winner of the Joy Fisher Award, North Berwick Art Group. "Harbour and West Bay"
2023 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Annual Exhibition, London. "Five in a Row"
2022 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. "The White Float"
2022 - Selected artist exhibiting at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition 2022, London. "Floaty McFloatface"
2022 - Selected for exhibition at TALP Open 2022. "Lobster Pots and West Bay"
2021 - Longlisted entry in the Jackson's Painting Prize. "Turquoise Lugger and White Fenders"
2020 - Finalist, BCA Awards. "Buoy Oh Buoy"
2020 - Commended Prizewinner, East Linton Annual Art Exhibition. "Ropes and Floats"
2015 - Winner of the Joy Fisher Award, North Berwick Art Group. "Paragon II"
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URPU SELLAR Ceramics. My aunt.
SUSAN CORRIE Millinery. My cousin.